Biology:Phymatodes nitidus

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Short description: Species of beetle


Phymatodes nitidus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Phymatodes
Species:
P. nitidus
Binomial name
Phymatodes nitidus
LeConte, 1874

Phymatodes nitidus is a species of longhorn beetle. It occurs in the west coast of North America, from southern California to British Columbia.[1][2]

Phymatodes nitidus lays its eggs on the surface of giant sequoia and coast redwood cones, into which the larvae then burrow.[3]

References

  1. "Species Phymatodes nitidus LeConte, 1874". https://bugguide.net/node/view/35684. 
  2. "Phymatodes nitidus LeConte, 1874". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/5003541. 
  3. Harvey, H. Thomas; Shellhammer, Howard S.; Stecker, Ronald E. (1980). Giant Sequoia Ecology: Fire and Reproduction. Scientific Monograph Series. 12. Washington, DC: U.S. National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/science/12/index.htm. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7189457 entry